Category Archives: silly politicians

How to stop (most) campus shootings. — how to do it cheaply, without significantly increasing debt or cost to schools and greatly increasing the protection to our most valuable assets.
#1 remove the restriction on campus carry for all who have a valid CCW issued by or recognized by the state the school is in.
#2 give teachers / administrators / other workers who choose to carry on campus a small stipend (annually) – much like the teacher who runs the debate or chess team. The stipend is $500 and $250 is paid in cash, the other $250 must be used for follow on training classes for remaining current in tactical doctrine, actual ability to shoot… Think of it as CEU’s for school protection. The employee also gets paid (comp time) for up to 8 hours of such training per year.

The combination of these two items will get a significant number of good guys with guns on campus.

No, it will not stop all campus shooting, but it will greatly decrease the body count and that SHOULD be what really matters.

I know it will never happen because of SJW, teacher unions, massive hand wringing and anti gun funding of shills like Mom’s Demand Action who … never mind, not going there.

I have an idea. The UN is taking up a HUGE tract of land in New York that could more profitably be used for other things. The UN buildings are desperately in need of repairs / rebuilding. The US people are pretty sick of them being their (mostly rent free). The NYC people are sick of the unpaid parking tickets and other random annoyance of the Diplomatic Immunity crowd.

So I have a suggestion that should work well for all people and help to revive an American City.

Relocate the UN Headquarters to Detroit.

The land is cheap. Finding 100 contiguous city blocks to redevelop shouldn’t be any kind of an issue. The city is in desperate need of a cash infusion. The new building alone should bring roughly $300-500 million alone. Then all the diplomatic compounds that would be put in would create a complete renaissance in the area they choose.

It would also make the typical diplomat and UN worker feel much more at home, given their nations are much closer to how Detroit is today then NYC.

I see it as a win for NYC. They get rid of the UN locusts.
A win for the UN, they get new digs and an area HAPPY to have them and their associated revenues.
A win for the politico’s as their chicanery, corruption and avarice will go unnoticed in the political landscape of Detroit.
A win for the US people as Detroit has long ago been written off anyway.
A win for the US Treasury as no one will even notice when we completely quit funding any aspect of the UN. Being fly over country, WaPo and the NY Times won’t even notice.

Allen West is a great guy, great patriot and in all fairness, this is written by Michael Cantrell.

In the last paragraph, he gives a nod to what SHOULD actually happen, but seems willing to carve out another exception for our “betters”. Here I stand resolute, no exceptions for the pretty people, for the connected, for the dastardly.

The first two, most people get pretty easily. The last one might need some explanation. Our good pal chuckie schumer (intentional lower case) HATES gun rights. He hates gun rights for common citizens. He actively works to strip you of your gun (and other) rights, but this type of legislation would ONCE AGAIN allow him to circumvent the law.

Obamacare much.

Good ole chuckie (and his ilk) are no better than me, no better than your grandmother, no better than Mike Lee’s administrative assistant. Each of us has a life. Each of us has the GOD given right to protect that life with any and all means necessary, but that stops at the city limits of DC. That stops at the front door of the post office. That stops in the entire state of NJ. But this would end that for our “betters” in even broader cloth than it does now.

I ask you why? Why should that be allowed. Make them live with the same restrictions they force on us. Make them face our same fears. Make them sit in our chair and maybe, just maybe some of those things will change.

So the Mayor has put the Baltimore police on MANDATORY 12 hour shifts. Other than burning out the police and getting even more of them to quit, what is that going to do?

SCOTUS has specifically stated, the job of the police is to protect society, not the individual. So these 12 hour shifts will get the clean up crew there quicker? Is that the goal? Or just a way to make the Mayor look like the city is “doing something”, because after all, the busted budget is a taxpayer’s problem not theirs.

Now, on to an item that might actually go a long way to fix the problem, easy citizen carry of a concealed weapon. Yes, I know. The horror, only criminals and Baltimore police should be carrying guns (some overlap).

But if we compare Chicago and Houston. Similar sized towns with three major differences.

Chicago is Democrat controlled, quite cold in the winter and has very few citizens allowed to carry guns

Houston is NOT democrat controlled, does not get quite cold in winter and has a HUGE populations of citizens who carry guns

Lets look at homicide rates:

Chicago: in 2012 – 1806 murders — or 38.4 per 100k in a population of 2.7 million

Houston: in 2012 – 207 murders — or 9.6 per 100k in a population of 2.15 million

Lets guess which of those items leads to the difference. Free hint, it’s not the weather.

Guess which of those two cities Baltimore is like? No, you don’t get a second guess.

I am a Florida resident temporarily residing in Tennessee. Just so you know why if anyone bothers to look at the postal stamp.

I want to bring up a topic that may be painful for you, but it may shed some light on your future. There is a historical reference that you may well want to examine although in truth, it is probably too late for you to not experience the same fate.

Many years ago, there was a political figure, not happy with his lot in life. Things were not progressing the way he wanted. His initiatives were not given the due he felt they should and his base of power was seemingly endlessly eroded by a litany of lessor people who did not last but continuously thwarted him. After much consternation and frustration, a powerful group of politicians met with him and offered to work with him. They were made of sterner stuff than the people who always nipped at his heels. They were indeed movers and shakers, they saw his worth and flatly stated he would be a cherished asset if he would ally with them.

After much consideration, he agreed to join them. Finally, his true worth had been measured and understood. Finally, he would be able to make grand changes and people would feel is strength and power.

That man, Benedict Arnold made his choices. He burned bridges with many who had called him friend. He did it to fulfill his own vain glorious needs. In the end, his cause; vanity and the British retention of the Colonies failed. He died broken, powerless, poor and castigated by society on both sides of the Atlantic. If you can look yourself in the mirror, you may find the beginnings of the same lot.

Actions have consequences. Being on the wrong side of moral righteousness is never a good thing and never prospers in the long term. I should also remind you, those in the conservative and gun communities have long memories, especially for a Mrs. Benedict Arnold.

Palestinian U.N. envoy, Riyad Mansour, said the Palestinians’ understanding is that the cease-fire should go into effect immediately.

Really asshole. So when you send several hundred rockets into Israeli residential neighborhoods, you know, aimed at innocent civilians that is ok. Israel sends several sorties of guided missiles at legitimate military targets and there needs to be an immediate cease-fire?

He said the Palestinians will be watching closely to see if the Israelis respond to the council’s call, stressing that if they don’t “we have a lot of tools in our arsenal.

Really asshole, if you had more tools you would be using them.

Suicide bombers, seen them

unguided rockets – meet iron dome

knife and gun wielding terrorists attacking children, seen that too

why don’t you try some economic sanctions – oh wait, you don’t have an economy

What about a stand up fight – oh wait, you don’t have an army … or discipline

When I was a little kid, my dad gave me some good advice. Don’t start a fight you can’t finish, and if your smart don’t start a fight you can’t win. But, its even better if you can avoid the fight. For those fights you have to be in, be sure to win.

Somehow, I think the Palestinians didn’t have that talk with their dad. It looks like they just run and hide behind mom’s skirt and pray mom will protect them from their own stupidity.

I say, buck up little boy. You pick a fight with the Big Guy, expect to get you ass handed too you. The right to self defense and all that.

If I was Israel, I would be seriously tempted to pull up all the reserves and drive all your people back to where they came from and build a fence. Like the one we need on our Southern Border.

The Senate democrats want to throw $20 BILLION extra dollars at an organization that has roughly $4.5 BILLION in carry over from the last 5 years. That will help how exactly? They already can’t fraud, corrupt, bonus or misuse the money fast enough so we will add an additional $2 BILLION per year for the next 10 years.

I do realize we are talking about Senate democrat, but really. Who possibly thinks that is a good idea? Show of hands. Anyone?

There are currently about 23 million people in the VA system. That means the per capita expense is roughly $7200 per person / per annum. The increase would be roughly equal to $87 per capita / per anum.

The $87 is fairly meaningless when you look at it that way. What is important is if you look at a VA alternative.

One such option is to Close the VA effective immediately. Sell the assets to private companies: hospitals, equipment etc. Then take the budget and use it to fund / subsidize insurance vouchers for the Vets to purchase their own private insurance coverage to be used in private healthcare systems.

At $7200 per year, that provides $600 per month in premiums per Veteran. It also allows for self determination of benefit levels required. It allows the vet to shop for services and pick the provider and time frame of their choice. There may need to be some scaling of premium voucher based on injury / age / … but the basics are there. The rest is just fiddly bits.

I realize my idea is not as simple as I have stated it. I realize that a federal agency has NEVER been closed, so the likelihood of it happening is approaching ZERO. But I see way more upside to my plan then I do with the socialized disaster that VA is.